Our money is as good as everyone else’s money
We've all had it happen to us. You're in a store or restaurant and you see the bemused stare, the two clerks across the room looking at you, whispering and…
Economy Is Down But Booze Sales are Up
Are people simply drinking their way through the uncertain economy? My recent weekend trip to a wine and spirits superstore would lead you to believe they are. As I walked…
Gen Y Finances: Visualizing Your Spending With Technology
Once you've started saving money, one of the best ways you can follow through is by tracking compulsively: what you're making, what you're spending and how you're spending it. Of…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: The Joys of Gardening
This is the ninth installment in our series on stretching your food dollar. The Christian Science Monitor reports that one of the current trends that has been spawned by rising…
Financial Advantages of the Outlet Gourmet – Part I
I've always been a fan of both extremes of pull the heavy pots out, throw them on the gas stove, grab the chefs knife and go to town spending an…
Queercents introduces Ashley A. Wilson
Since the inception of Queercents, I've had the opportunity to interview a few prominent trans people: Donna Rose, Jamison Green, Christine Daniels, and Jennifer Boylan; and each time, I've been…
4th Grade Economics: An Intro to Socialism
Today was the first day of school for kids in Dallas. I only know this because I've become partially financially responsible for a 9-year-old and 13-year-old girl in the last…
Are Debt Reduction Seminars Worth the Money?
Have you ever gotten those mailings that have two tickets in them for you to come to a hotel and sit through a seminar on how to make money, reduce…
The Secret to Money: Gratitude and Thankfulness
'œHappiness is self-contentedness.' '“ Aristotle Recently, I've been jazzed about The Secret. I suspect a lot of you are saying, 'œOh, jeez!' But hear me out. I haven't read the…
Queercents Weekly Roundup: Matthew Micham Takes Olympic Gold
Summer is winding up and everyone seems to be heading off to school or finishing up vacations. It's a slow time, which makes it all the better to go out…